What do you need to survive and be happy?
by Hugh Holub on Nov. 24, 2010, under economy, politicsWe are a society based on owning a lot of stuff….even if we went into debt to get the stuff.
But what do we really need to survive? Do we really need an iphone? High speed internet access? A new car? A Facebook page?
Talking to folks about this, many said they couldn’t survive without a cell phone or a computer or email. Remember we all did pretty well before the days of cell phones, computers and email.
If we had to pare down our lives to the basics, what do we need to survive and be happy?
26 things you need to survive and be happy.
[Here's my list....Not in any order of priority]
—a roof over our heads so we don’t freeze to death at night or get wet during the rain
–a source of food
–a knife
–a spoon
–a fork
–a pot to cook in
–a cup to drink from
–firewood
–a source of water
–shoes
–pants or a dress
–shirt
–coat
–a pair of clean under wear
–a gun
–ammo
–a loving spouse
–children
–purposeful work
–faith that tomorrow will be better
–good friends and community
–good health
–something to trade that you can make or grow or raise
–music
–a means of transportation… a horse or a car that runs
–love
And to whatever degree you have the things you need to survive…that’s what you have to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.
What do you need to survive and be happy?
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November 22nd, 2010 on 7:11 am
You missed the most important..
Good Health
November 22nd, 2010 on 8:21 am
Definitely $ to get that food & water to survive, or resources to grow your own food & get water from a stream. I used to camp a lot in my younger days, and it came just to the bare essentials in the outdoors. I’m going to say something about being thankful at Thanksgiving on Thursday.
November 25th, 2010 on 9:38 am
I’m old enough to remember visiting my grand parents’ farm which had no indoor plumbing or electricity…they raised chickens, pigs, sheep, cows, lots of gardens, and hunted and fished….They traded eggs for what they did need from the store. Came to realize they lived a lot better than we do now with all our store bought stuff. An interesting irony…the average lifespan in that family has declined since the 1850′s as more of us moved into cities and got stressed out by working in offices instead of being outside working hard.
November 23rd, 2010 on 8:13 am
-a dog named sawyer (guess that kind of counts under ‘children,’ no? – haha).
nice topic, hugh. agree with many entries on your list.
November 23rd, 2010 on 9:09 am
I would rather have an internet connection that a gun and ammo any day :)
November 24th, 2010 on 8:26 am
I agree.
November 25th, 2010 on 9:28 am
Having grown up where hunting and fishing provided a major part of the food supply and you didn’t deend on grocery stores for all your food, having the means to feed yourself is a kind of insurance policy. But my preference, not anyone elses.
November 24th, 2010 on 5:54 am
Maybe a copy of Walden for spiritual guidance on the journey away from materialism.
November 24th, 2010 on 7:41 am
I think a copy of “Walden” as leftfield says would be essential, if we have to live simply, with no electricity, telephones, etc. I remember being greatly impressed with it since it was published in 1854, and because I once lived in Massachusetts.
November 24th, 2010 on 5:54 am
Chickens!
November 25th, 2010 on 9:29 am
Indeed.We have 5.